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JUNE 12, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 10
LCAA kicks off summer exhibits, programs BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
On June 9, the Lancaster County Art Association (LCAA), 149 Precision Ave., Strasburg, opened its summer membership art show. The exhibit features a variety of artworks by the organization’s members, and it will remain on display in the LCAA’s
Kauffman Gallery until Thursday, July 11. Each of LCAA’s membership shows incorporate multiple new themes each year, and featured artists submit their work in the professional or non-professional categories. Each entrant is eligible to receive one award per show, and the award recipients See LCAA pg 4
Kari Oftedal treats patients at Siloam Ethiopia’s free medical clinic in Harar.
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iloam Ethiopia will host a fundraising meal from noon to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at Ethiopian Evangelical Church, 175 Church St., Landisville. Members of the nonprofit organization will serve various traditional Ethiopian meals for a set price, and patrons may choose from four dishes: doro wat, a spicy chicken stew; misir wat, containing spiced red lentils; atakilt wat, a cabbage and potato stew; and kik alicha, a stew with split peas. Each meal will include injera, an Ethiopian flatbread. To reserve a meal for pickup, contact Siloam Ethiopia founder Wegayhu Ketema at
717-669-0930 or wmketema@ gmail.com. Orders may be placed until the day of the fundraiser. The proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit Siloam Ethiopia’s ongoing efforts to aid the people of Harar in Ethiopia, where the organization operates a medical clinic. For the last nine years, volunteers from Siloam Ethiopia and local churches have taken regular mission trips to assist residents of Harar by providing medical services at the clinic and completing projects at local orphanages. The funds raised by Siloam Ethiopia’s community meal help cover the clinic’s general expenses, including rent and utility expenses for the facility and staff member wages.
The proceeds are also used to purchase medications and eyeglasses for the clinic’s patients. Residents of Harar often experience shortages of medical supplies due to the local government’s tendency to confiscate any shipments that arrive. Siloam Ethiopia’s volunteers took their most recent trip to Harar in Januar y 2023. The group comprised Ketema and Community Fellowship Church members Kari Oftedal, Jason Craig, Faith Higley and Patrick Engle. In addition to providing volunteers for mission trips, Community Fellowship Church has been financially supporting Siloam Ethiopia’s projects in Harar for the last four years.
Spreading the health BY ANN MEAD ASH
Since its inception, the Welsh Mountain Health Center (now Union Community Care), 584 Springville Road, New Holland, has sought to reach members of the community with needed health care. Starting in April, the new Union Community Care Mobile Care Team is continuing toward that goal by bringing health care literally to the doorsteps of members of the Plain community from East Earl and Morgantown to Quarryville to Mount Joy. The team, made up
See Siloam Ethopia pg 2
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“Daisies” by Jane Conlin is one of many artworks featured in “The Four Seasons” exhibit at LCAA.
of medical provider Janine Muir and medical assistant Heather Parmer, journeys out each Wednesday to homes in specific areas based on a list of requests Parmer has compiled. A circuit of visits is completed every eight weeks. In addition to the aforementioned locations, the unit visits homes in Ephrata, Lititz, Terre Hill, New Holland, Coatesville, Honey Brook, Narvon, Parkesburg, Gap, and Kinzers. Muir noted that Union has responded to the fact that transportation is a known barrier to care and that while telehealth can help, mobile units bring See Union Community Care pg 2
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